The ultimate punch was this 4 song knockout on the UF tour -
Bad
October
New Years Day
Pride
it also featured on the JT tour but it was at its peak on the UF tour.
I don't think there's been a sequence of songs that good since.
I agree.
Since, the contenders are:
- Zoo Station, Fly, Mysterious Ways, Until...World.
-Dirty Day, Bullet The Blue Sky, Running To Stand Still, Streets.
I know others have mentioned in the past the opening 1-2 or 1-2-3 punches from the 1980s as being among their best sequences. I agree with this.
War: Out of Control, Twilight, An Cat Dubh (still my favorite barrage of opening songs).
UF: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, I Will Follow.
JT, LT: Streets, I Will Follow.
I am probably in the minority here, but I'd love nothing more than to see a sequence of all the anthems right together to end a main set sometime. Anytime they've done mini sets like this (RTSS to Pride on Zoo TV, Bad/40/Streets/Still Haven't/Pride on post- 9/11 Elevation) it has brought the house down. Not to mention, my local tribute band, The Joshua Tree always barrels right down anthem alley to end the set and it's unbelievable, even with 100 people in the room, how much the energy increases as hit after hit gets played.
Front load the set with new stuff, rarities and more recent hits (BD, Vertigo) and then end the main set something like this:
All I Want Is You
New Year's Day
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Running To Stand Still
Bad
Pride
Streets
I Will Follow
With or Without You